No batteries? No problem! Powercast and The Freedom of Wireless Power

My podcast this week is Eric Biel from Powercast. Eric and I explore each of Powercast’s innovative wireless power solutions, the origins of their Lifetime power solution, the benefits of their next generation RFID tags, and super cool new applications they unveiled at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show.

 

 

Links for July 11, 2025

Demos of wireless power in action – long-range RF, close-range Smart Inductive, and mid-range Magnetic Resonance (Youtube)

Evolving from its RF wireless power roots, Powercast now provides a range of solutions through several partnerships, including the recent licensing of Magnetic Resonance

Wire-and-battery-free RFID sensor tags enable maintenance-free condition monitoring (temperature, humidity) because they can power themselves using the RF signals from nearby RFID inventory readers

Engineers help customers based on what’s needed, from chip sales to large companies designing their own products, to end-to-end design and manufacturing for those wanting comprehensive services

Examples and applications of RF Power, SmartInductive and Lifetime Power

 

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Simon Davidmann, CEO – Imperas

Jessica Gomez – Rogue Valley Microdevices

Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative

Kevin Bromber, CEO – myDevices

Daniel Hansson, CEO – Verifyter

Mark Papermaster, CTO – AMD

David Fried, CTO – Coventor

Dr. Steven LeBoeuf, President – Valencell

David Dutton, CEO – Silvaco

Bob Niemiec, CEO – TwistThink

Allan Martinson, COO – Starship Technologies

Zhihong Liu, Chairman and CEO – ProPlus Solutions

Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon

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Charlie Green, Chief Operating & Technical Officer – Powercast

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Peter Himes, CSO – 4DS Memory

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